Zen UV for Blender

Zen UV is a professional toolset for creating UVs in Blender

Main Features

• Zen Gizmo. Move, Rotate, Scale, Fit, Align and Flip UV Islands in 3D View and UV Editor using Zen Gizmo.
• Zen Relax. Unique Unwrapping algorithm for Organic models.
• Stack System. Stack/Unstack similar/non-similar UV Islands on top of each other.
• World Orient. Rotate UV Islands according to the model’s position in World Space.
• Quadrify. Straighten UV Islands and selected Faces consisting of quads.
• Trimsheet System. Create/Display Trims and Map UV Islands on them using Transform operators.
• Hotspot Mapping. Map UV Islands on Trims by matching them by Area, Aspect, World Size and Tags.
• Zen Unwrap. Context-sensitive Unwrap with control over Seams and Sharp Edges.
• Transform System. Move, Rotate, Scale, Flip, Fit, Orient, Sort and Align UV Islands and Vertices.
• Randomize. Randomize Position, Rotation, Scale of UV Islands and Vertices.
• Symmetrize. Symmetrize UVs for mirrored models. Mirror Seams on the model.
• Match and Stitch. Match UV Islands Position, Rotation, Scale and Stitch Vertices if it’s possible.
• Reshape Island. Straighten selected Edge loops and relax connected Vertices.
• Advanced UV Maps. Sync, Clean and Rename UV Maps for multiple selected models.
• Marking System. Mark Seams and/or Sharps by Angle/Sharps/Seams/Open Edges/UV Borders and manually.
• Finished System. Visually control the state of Unwrapping process using Finished/Unfinished tags.
• Select System. Select Seams, Sharps, Open Edges, UV Borders, Overlapped, Flipped, Quaded and Similar UV Islands.
• Seam Groups. Create and manage multiple Seam Groups in case if you have multiple UV Maps.
• Copy/Paste UVs. Copy/Paste UVs and and their parameters (Structure, TD, Position, Size) between UV Islands/UV Maps.
• Texel Density (TD). Get, Set and Display Texel Density in Scene and World sizes.
• Checker Texture. Apply Сhecker Textures of different types, sizes and formats to the model.
• Sticky UV Editor. Quick access to UV Editor by opening side panel using widget button.
• Display UV Islands. Display Overlapped, Stacked, Flipped, Stretched and Excluded UV Islands in 3D View and UV Editor.
• Display UV Borders. Display UV Islands Margin (Padding) in 3D View and UV Editor.
• Display UV No Sync. Display in 3D View Faces selected in UV Editor when UV Sync is Off.
• UDIM Tools. Tools for creating and managing UDIM tiles.
• Favorites. Create your own quick access panel consisting of the most used operators, scripts and panels.

Installation

• https://zenmastersteam.github.io/Zen-UV/latest/installation/

Documentation

• https://zenmastersteam.github.io/Zen-UV/latest/

Support Forum

• https://support.zenmasters.team/

Updates

Zen UV is a professional-grade toolset designed to simplify and accelerate UV mapping in Blender. Whether you're an individual artist or part of a studio pipeline, Zen UV provides powerful, intuitive tools to handle complex UV workflows with precision and speed.

✔ Industry-Proven – Trusted by 3D artists, game developers, and VFX studios worldwide.
✔ All-in-One Workflow – From basic unwrapping to advanced trimsheet mapping, Zen UV covers every UV task.
✔ Optimized Performance – Built for speed and efficiency, even on high-poly models.
✔ User-Friendly – Smart hotkeys, gizmos, and visual feedback make UV work faster and easier.

This update brings a completely rewritten Stack System, new packing modes, new UV selection tools, improvements to Trimsheets, and many workflow and performance fixes.

• Completely rewritten Stack System.

• New Pack Outside Trims / to Active UDIMs mode.

• New Island List with island properties and color tagging.

• New selection tools for stretched, non-planar, and geometry-based islands.

• Auto Seams and Unwrap operator.

• Bug fixes and workflow improvements.

• Completely rewritten Stack System with improved stacking algorithms.

• Improved detection and display of different stack types.

• Added Stretched Angle algorithm to Select Stretched.

• Added Filter Islands by Geometry to select islands by face count and face type.

• Added Select Non-Planar Faces for detecting polygons bent along their internal triangulation.

• Added Island List with island properties, object information, and color tagging.

• Added new packing modes:

  • To Active UDIM

  • Outside Trims

• Added operators to create a Trim from Blender UV Custom Region and a Custom Region from Trim.

• Added Auto Seams and Unwrap for automatically creating seams and unwrapping the selected geometry.

• Added name filter presets to the Trim list.

• Added Fit To Selected Trims for randomly distributing islands across selected trims.

• Improved and expanded Import Trimsheet.

• Added a warning for the Trim scrolling process.

• Simplified and accelerated Arrange Islands.

• Improved island position detection in World Orient mode.

• Added snapping support to Rotate in Zen UV Transform Tool.

• Added an option to remember the active texture.

• Added a warning when Zen UV has not yet been tested with the currently installed Blender version.

• Optimized panels for more convenient combined usage.

• Fixed Pack to Trim packing mode.

• Fixed Zen Unwrap when an object has no UV islands.

• Fixed Mesh/UV selection synchronization in Blender 5.0+.

• Fixed selected island detection in 3D View EDGE mode.

• Fixed Zen Relax when using Blender's native algorithm.

• Optimized Isolate Islands performance.

• Sped up addon version checking.

• Fixed Show Overlapped in VERTEX selection mode.

Zenmasters Team